A cryptic 911 call, slain parents, and a missing girl: What we know about the Jayme Closs disappearance

As the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Jayme Closs intensifies, one thing has become clear. She vanished from her parents’ home moments after they were shot to death.

“We believe Jayme was in the home at the time of the homicides and we believe she’s still in danger,” Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Wednesday.

Three days after a cryptic 911 call led police to discover the bodies of Jayme’s parents in their Wisconsin home, the 13-year-old girl remains missing. Investigators have received more than 400 tips and have not confirmed any credible sightings.

But the sheriff said he has a “100 percent expectation that she’s alive.”

Barron Area School District administrator Diane Tremblay said Jayme, a member of her school’s cross-country team, is a “sweet girl who is a loyal friend and loves to dance.”

During a recent school assignment, Jayme was asked what she would do with $1 million, Tremblay said. Jayme wrote that she would “feed the hungry and give the rest to the poor.”

Both James and Denise Closs were long-time employees of the Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron, Jennie-O’s parent company Hormel said.

“Our thoughts are with the Closs family and the entire Barron community,” said a statement from Jennie-O Turkey Store officials.

“This is a difficult time for our entire team and we are mourning this loss and are still processing this terrible tragedy. We are also hopeful for the safe return of their daughter, Jayme, and are keeping her and the Closs family in our thoughts.”

Jayme Closs is 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds and has green eyes and blond or strawberry blond hair, the sheriff’s department said. Anyone with information can call the tip line at 1-855-744-3879.